DENVER, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701)
have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their
partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology
(SIAT). The companies are also finalizing a licensing agreement
with a multi-year option.
With a focus on driving speed and efficiency of system
diagnostics, this partnership will continue to provide proven
artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities
across product lifecycles. This positively impacts design and
production phases of spacecraft development, including applications
on NASA's Orion vehicle for the Artemis mission.
"The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and
with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand
its abilities at scale across our internal operations," said
Rick Ambrose, executive vice
president of Lockheed Martin Space. "By proactively analyzing
telemetry data we are able to deliver our systems even faster and
streamline the work that our employees do every day."
For several years, Lockheed Martin and NEC have been working
together to evaluate the effectiveness of SIAT for early
production testing and operational scenarios. As a result, Lockheed
Martin has integrated SIAT into the Technology for Telemetry
Analytics for Universal Artificial Intelligence (T-TAURI) AI
service. This allows the organization to drive proactive anomaly
detection during the design, development, production and test phase
of spacecraft development – even before applications in mission
operations.
NEC's SIAT advanced analytics engine uses data collected from
sensors to learn the behavior of systems, including computer
systems, power plants, factories and buildings, enabling the system
itself to automatically detect inconsistencies and prescribe
resolutions. By integrating within Lockheed Martin's T-TAURI
platform, a comprehensive time series analysis framework, the team
can gain an exhaustive, holistic understanding of a system,
creating a foundational system for other advanced technologies like
system-level digital twins. Since the initial partnership between
NEC and Lockheed Martin, the teams have already seen applications
for early pathfinding to detect production anomalies and software
regression testing.
"We're thrilled that the innovative SIAT developed by NEC
provides value to Lockheed Martin as it addresses not only the
development of complex systems, but also the uniqueness of deep
space exploration," said Motoo
Nishihara, executive vice president, CTO and Member of the
Board, NEC Corporation. "Together, we are committed to
strengthening our solution and finding new ways to apply this
technology."
Proven AI Results
Lockheed Martin has already
successfully applied this technology on several operations to
date.
For example, the team used it to analyze the unprecedented
amount of data that was produced by the Orion vehicle during
testing. Within a four-hour period, T-TAURI and SIAT built a model
of the vehicle's normal operations from nearly 150,000 sensors to
establish over 22 billion logical relationships for analysis. The
resulting models can be used to monitor all future tests of
subsequent vehicles to compare expected and irregular behavior to
analyze consistency and aid in regression analysis. Without these
advanced AI and ML tools, it would be impossible for a single
engineer to analyze massive amounts of data manually at the speed
needed to analyze the data in its entirety.
Going forward, AI will continue to be applied on future missions
in several ways, including future ground station support for
customer satellite operations as well as expanding the application
for human-rated systems to demonstrate an increase in speed of
anomaly detection and root cause analysis on mission.
About NEC Corporation
NEC
Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration
of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement
of "Orchestrating a brighter world." NEC enables businesses and
communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society
and the market as it provides for the social values of safety,
security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable
world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.
For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security
and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people
worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services. Please
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and news across the corporation.
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